Washington, The Taliban regime in Afghanistan had warned Al Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden to step up his security after the Kandahar hijack of an Indian Airlines flight in late 1999, intelligence documents released by the CIA have revealed. Taliban warned bin Laden to step up his security post Kandahar hijack: CIA documents The warning … Read more
Afghan General Haibatullah Alizai. Afghan General Haibatullah Alizai, who led a last-ditch effort to resist the Taliban takeover in 2021, now drives an Uber in Washington DC after being granted asylum in the US.In an interview with CBS’ Face the Nation with Margaret BrennanAlizai spoke about his final days in Afghanistan, his evacuation by US … Read more
Afghanistan only country where girls formally barred from secondary, higher education, Unesco says An estimated 2.4 million Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary education, five years after the Taliban returned to power, according to a report by Unesco.Unesco said Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls and women are formally barred from … Read more
The war was fought over land, over inheritance, and over a woman who was said to have launched a thousand ships towards Troy. Opium caused two wars, one in 1839 and another in 1856, but they were not the wars the name suggested. After the Qing government attempted to ban opium and began burning British … Read more
The aftermath of Pakistan’s attack on Afghanistan’s Chamukarni region (Image source: Reuters) Pakistani security forces carried out ground operations and airstrikes along the Afghan border on Monday, killing 29 people, officials said. Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar announced the attack on X and said “three targets at Paktia, Paktika and Kunar were destroyed in precision … Read more
Villagers inspect damage caused by nighttime cross-border fighting between Pakistani and Afghan forces in the Bajaur district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on the border with Afghanistan, Friday, February 27, 2026. (AP Photo) Afghanistan on Wednesday accused Pakistan of launching new air strikes on its territory, saying the attacks killed at least 13 people, mostly … Read more
London, where is one of the worst places for women? Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s women’s rights crisis is an ongoing humanitarian disaster When it comes to the women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan under the Taliban, that’s what most people think. But that’s only part of the story. Focusing on the word “rights” hides something more serious: how … Read more
Two bike-borne gunmen killed Maulana Muhammad Idrees, a prominent cleric of the Jamaat-ul-Islam who was involved in peace talks with the Taliban insurgent group Pakistanin Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, Reported by Rajshekar Jha.The Islamic State in Khorasan province claimed responsibility for the killing, which came amid a series of assassinations of JUI-F figures in … Read more
The airstrike killed at least 400 people and injured nearly 250 Pakistan A drug rehabilitation hospital in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul was attacked late Monday night.Authorities in Kabul said the attack hit a large rehabilitation facility around 9pm local time, destroying much of the 2,000-bed complex and sparking fires as rescuers struggled to search for survivors … Read more
Jairam Ramesh (PTI Photo) New Delhi: Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Saturday lashed out at US President Donald Trump and highlighted concerns over Washington’s recent diplomatic setback in support of India. Pakistan during the conflict in Afghanistan.In response to Trump’s remarks praising Pakistan’s leadership, Ramesh expressed his dissatisfaction on the X website. He wrote: “President … Read more